Chance of the calendar, for the first day of National, this Friday at 7:30 p.m., US Orléans will move to Concarneauthe former club of new USO goalkeeper Vincent Viot. “It puts back in the bath directly”, assures the latter when talking about the club with which he finished in 4th place last season. A trip synonymous with testing also for the recruits of US Orleans.
Concarneau, a possession team
The Orléans goalkeeper knows Les Thoniers like the back of his hand. Vincent Viot played in Finistère for two seasons (2020-2022), he was even voted National’s best goalkeeper with the club a few months ago. “When I saw the calendar, I said to myself that it was going to be hard, we will have to play a full match”, he explains.
“It’s a team that likes to have the ball, analyzes Vincent Viot. When she has it, she is dangerous, but if we deprive her of the ball, it can get complicated for them.” He also believes that the physical is not their strong point: “We must not hesitate to tickle them.”
In the small cauldron of the Guy-Piriou stadium, the atmosphere is often overexcited. “When I played with them at home, it was hard to measure, on the other hand when I came with Béziers, I felt it was suffocating”, remembers Vincent Viot. A land that had smiled on the people of Orleans, 1-0 winners last January on a goal from Hicham Benkaid.